Impossible to separate politics from the judiciary

7:59 PM,
Oct. 27, 2012

Donald P. Racheter

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Donald P. Racheter
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As someone who for many years taught a college class titled "Judicial Politics," I would like to try to correct those who have been emoting of late about how the courts and judges are supposedly different from executives and legislators, that they are somehow "non-political."

Any institution composed of humans, including our churches, educational institutions, bowling leagues, newspapers, etc., etc., are political, and the periodic crusades to "take the politics out of politics" are doomed to failure. Political reform efforts with this goal are usually really efforts to make it ...